AddALL.com - The Perfect Paragon (Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 16) 0312984790 9780312984793

AGATHA RAISIN...AND THE CASE FROM HELLShe s nosed in on murder investigations, annoyed law enforcement on two continents, and been targeted by everyone from a hit man to a killer secretary. But now Agatha Raisin must take on her greatest nightmare a divorce case. Bad enough that her struggling detective agency needs the whacking great fee pompous businessman Robert Smedley is offering to prove his wife is unfaithful; it s even worse that Mrs. Smedley is the kind of sweet, accomplished, lovely, gentle, and all around perfectly wonderful spouse that Agatha couldn t be in a thousand years. So, when Smedley turns up poisoned, Agatha is relieved enough to help his now desperate wife clear her name. And with the assistance of her firm s eccentric new staff, Agatha enthusiastically follows leads and a batch of suspects through the English countryside s seediest byways. But the police aren t about to let an interfering amateur beat them to the punch. And as Agatha hits one dead end after another, a particularly devious killer is looking forward to making sure the indomitable Agatha never has to worry about old age or anything else.